Andais

How it helps me procrastinate.

I SHOULD be doing wedding stuff, seeing as its now only 5 months away, but, frankly, it sucks. Seriously, I wouldn’t wish wedding planning upon my worst enemy.

well, actually, I would, but regardless, its a pain in the ass. The only thing that’s actually concrete is the venue and my dress. That’s it. We don’t even have a damn guest list.

But, I digress!

New patch!

I have to say,  I LOVE the new LFG tool. Saves me loads of time looking for a damn healer-if I’m playing my DK, or a tank, if I’m playing my healer. It also opens up what I get to do, instance wise, rather then whatever the rest of the group picks, since its completely random. Keeps the game from getting boring by doing ToC, or the new Halls ones. Not that I don’t enjoy them, but it’s a nice treat to do, say, heroic nexus or Gun Drak. My other favorite thing about the LFG tool is that, using the eye icon on your minimap, you can port to the instance, and, should you need to repair, you can port right back in. Saves a lot of time flying, and hearthing.

My biggest beef with the LFG tool is the vote to kick. Now, actually, that’s a bit hasty. It’s actually quite handy when someone DC’s, or is unbearably rude, but it also enables the elitists to be MORE elite. I’ve had people give my DK flak when she doesn’t do 3k dps in a REGULAR. I know she still needs new gear, why do you think I would do regular, rather then heroic? Honestly, the nerve of some people.

I’ve pretty much blocked an entire server. I wish I was joking.

I haven’t gotten to do ICC yet, but I do know that you don’t actually get to fight the Lich King yet. Apparently, the release date for the second wing is going to be in April sometime. A little disappointed, but since I don’t have the gear score to get in, it doesn’t affect me much. As for the new instances-pit of sauron, hall of reflection and…Pit of souls? Hall of souls? Whatever. I like the new ones. A bitch to heal, sometimes  and I would think tank, as well, but overall something fun and different.

And,  has anyone else noticed the almost Jazz music that plays after you beat the first boss in Forge of Souls? Whats up with that?

I should be doing wedding stuff, but, I think the Winter Veil achievements deserve my attention more.

Love

Andais

Already? Really? Can we at least have Icecrown citadel announced FIRST? I mean, really, I’d like to plan out a fight with Arthas-the whole reason for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion-before I think about goblins, Worgen and new content.

I also really wish that I didn’t have to re-roll to Alliance. Honestly, Horde is KNOWN for having its monsters…why give the new one to the Alliance? While we’re at it, why goblins? They did very well as the middle man….

I am stoked for the new character and race combinations. If any other horde race should have Druids, trolls are it, they did well with that. I’m not impressed by Tauren Paladins, but I do want a character named Holy Cow. It doesn’t fit with the lore, for holy cows. Should have made it available for Undead, which WOULD make sense.

A lot of the other features, such as 85 level cap, remade Azeroth, and the ability to fly in the old Kingdoms, are totally awesome. Seems like Blizzard is remaking the game completely, to refresh the old content, and keep the old, from vanilla players playing.

Makes sense.

I think, though, instead of working on an expansion that we don’t yet need, races that are (kinda) lame, and new content, they should focus on making the current content actually, you know, playable.

At least before Trial of the Crusade (which I am loving! Screw moonkin, feral offspec all the way!) there was the CHANCE you could get into an instance.

Now…not so much. Over 20 minutes to get into Occulus? Are you kidding me?

Don’t get me wrong, I am super excited for the expansion, I’d just like to finish Wrath before I worry about new battles.

xox

As I mentioned on my last posting, I entered a writing contest over at A Clarity of Night . There are a lot of quality stories in the contest, which makes me super happy that I only have to rate top 5, not actually pick a winner.

So, that all said,  I wrote more of the story, and would like to share it, for those who read my story and wanted more.  Sounds a little redundant, doesn’t it? Whateve’s.

For those of you who DIDN’T go over to the contest, and read the entries, firstly, shame on you! I even posted a link under Scribbles. I highly suggest you read that first, before you continue after the break.

That might be all I have for now, seeing as all I’ve done lately is write, and WoW. (on that note, OS25 was good times, Naxx proved to be long, but a blast, and, likely, the best PUG I have ever had).

Love

Andais

(part 2 of Moment in Time after the break)

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I love video games. I’m not picky on the game, for the most part, just as long as it’s enjoyable.

At the same time, there is an appalling amount of bad press about gamers. Violent games means violent teens,  it rots children’s minds, and on and on.

Finally, however, we have some good news about playing video games

It enhances the contrast sensitivity, which is one of the primary functions of the eye. The paper, which can be found here has found that people who enjoy video games-specifically action FPS games (COD, etc) show improved contrast sensitivity, with the affects lasting months, up to years after playing the games.

This is great news for those of us who cant just play for a few minutes at a time.

Now, you never need to worry about rotting your brains while sniping the guy across town-you’re actually saving your eyesight!

Love

Andais